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How to avoid apostrophe catastrophes!
The worksheet uses photos (page 2) of real life mistakes using apostrophes. Students work through the exercises to match the mistakes with the apostrophe rules, thereby discovering some of the rules for apostrophe usage.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Amy Winehouse: You know I�m no good
Students read the abridged MTV biography about Amy Winehouse and complete the table with the events in her life. They then watch the video of "I�m no good" and complete the words that are in phonetic script.
This song could be used as a lead-in to a discussion about fame, newspapers, celebrities, drugs/alcohol or artists who died too young.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 67
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Reading: "Too much information" Celebtiry memoirs
An abridged article from MSN website about celebrities� memorirs. There is a picture match, vocabulary building match and then students read about the memoirs and match to the celebrity who wrote it. The content is a bit �real� in some situations so perhaps only for 18+ students.
Thanks.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 7
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Yes We Can- Will.I.Am
Song activity with Will.I.Am�s version of Obama�s "Yes, I Am" speech. There are three types of activities and a key on page two.
Thanks.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 13
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Video: Troy Davis execution- race vs rights- listening
Students do the pre-watching activity as a warm up to the topic of the death penalty. Then they listen and complete the blanks. There is a vocabulary activity afterwards.
There is a key on the second page.
This could be used in tandem with my reading activity about Tory Davis execution and the protests on Twitter: http://www.eslprintables.com/pr...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 26
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Video: Marley and me
Before, while and after watching activities for the clip where the dogsitter looks after Marley.
From the film (full movie avialable on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE0JRHJSC7A) go to 44.20 mins for the while watching and 48.39 mins for the after watching.
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 9
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Paraphrasing: worksheet and game
Page 1 is a worksheet to introduce paraphrasing structures.
Page 2 has a dominoes game for students to practice the phrases.
Thanks,
Elise
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 16
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Changing the subject
A lesson plan for practising changing the subject. The activity includes pair discussions about friendship and a listening.
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 3
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Song: Bruce Springsteen- 57 channels and nothin�s on
A gap fill. Key included on page 2.
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17
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Verbs of feeling
Students fill in the vowels in the verbs of feelings, before matching to the definitions.
Thanks.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 32
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Modal verbs
A presentation with examples (and notes with details) about modals for:
1. Ability and possibility
2. Degrees of probability
3. Polite requests/permission/prohibition
4. Suggestions and advice
Thanks and hope it helps.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 33
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So and Such for emphasis/extremes
A presentation with examples showing when we use so and such for emphasis and extremes.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 17
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Adverb position
Powerpoint outlining the rules for adverb position, including when there is more than only adverb in a sentence. Practice included at the end.
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 171
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Like and as for similarity
A presentation with examples to express similarity with like and as.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 25
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Adverbs
An overview of adverbs including:
Adverbs modifying advectives, past participles etc.
Adverb formation
Spelling rules
Adverbs and adjectives with same form
Adjectives with an adverb form
Adverbs with two forms
Adverb form in informal English.
Goes well with this game: http://www.onestopeng...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 34
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Reported speech: Introductory verbs of reporting
A powerpoint with a quick review to reported speech, followed by introductory verbs of reporting (agree, insist etc.) and the verb patterns with which they are used.
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 76
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Vocab: Famous crimes
A powerpoint to elicit the famous crimes. Each example gives the crime, verb and criminal.
I teach in Brazil so have given three local examples that would need to be substituted. Or, if anyone knows an international example for: drug trafficking, mugging and rape, let me know and I�ll edit it.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 13
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Have- causative verb
A presentation with examples and practice for have as a causative verb.
Hope it helps.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 21
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Reported speech
A presentation about reported speech including:
- introductory verbs
- tense changes and no tense changes
- pronoun changes
- changes to place and time
- modal verbs
- reported questions
- indirect commands & requests & suggestions
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 9
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Word formation
This presentation focusses on prefixes and suffixes in general, before looking specifically at forming nouns from verbs and adjectives.
I have included my notes on the presentation.
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 39
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